Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-06-15
NEARLY FIFTY MILLION BIBLES
Printed In 105 Languages and Dis
tributed Broadcast Over the
World.

The American Bible society has jus
completed the results OF its work TO
the past year. 1t has issued 9I7, 60;
volumes, besides 5000 in foreign
lands. This makes the total number
of Bibles issued by the society since It's
organization in 1916. As, 1856 ,25l. The
corrected proof OF the last pages OF the
New Testament In Ponape have been
returned from Micronesia, and the last
pages of the Muskokee Testament from
Okmulgee. The DAkOtans want new
edition in their language.
The American Bible society has
published the Bible in all the languages
of Europe, and in Reval- -Estonlan,
Irish, Finnish, four dialects OF Africa.
Gsebo- -Mpon2we, Benga, Dlkele, Zulu;
in the languages OF the Sandwich Is
lands and Micron sia; In the Sluvic,
Bulgarian, Chinese and japanese, and
in ten North American Indian dia-
lects, making fOrty-eight in all. Those
issued by the British and Foreign
Bible society makes the total number
OF languages and dialects in which the
Bible is printed to-day by these societies
100. OF these the oldest looking are
the Irish, Slsvonic, Turkish and Aver
bijan, or Tartar Turkish, Georgian.
Syriac, Arabic, EthIopie, Tlgre (which
has a colon after every word) Amharic,
Persian, Pail. Pdri-Gujerati. Sindhi,
Cararese, Malaylan, Undu, Orissa,
Siamese, Burman. Tibetah, Karen,
Javanese, Coptic, Cree. Time and
Gharnkpp
"How many translators do you
employ?" was asked Of the Rev. DR..
Alexander Mclean. one Of this secre-
taries.
ave have no trinslators. The
work is done by the missionaries, who
have TO study the language OF the
country in which they labor. The
Bible society pays their expenses while
they aSe translating for u.s."
"How many Bibles have been printed
for the blindg"
"There were issued last year 207;
the entire number in forty years is
14,1Si. These are in the raised letter
form"
"what are the new Bibles for the
blindP"
ave printed twelve years ago a
Bible in the New York point print,
and have printed the Psalms In the
same, and have now completed the
Gospel according to st. John"
"what is the point print?"
1T is a system Of points that repre-
sent either separately or by cOmbina-
alton the letters Of the alphabet. The
old raised letters could not be readily
detected by fingers that had become
calloused by basket making, at which
many blind people work. The points
can be felt by the dullest finger"
The cost of supplying the Bible In
foreign lands is 500, 692. "a more than
is received from them. One ninth of
all the families visited by the agents
are destitute OF the Bible.
1t took DR.. Eli Smith and DR.. Van
Dyck sixteen years to translate the
Bible into the Arabic. DR.. Schaufllsr
spent fourteen years on the Osmanlee
version. DIR. Schereschewsky fifteen
years to render the Old Testament
into the Mandarin Colloquial. DIR.
Williamson and DIR Riggs spent forty
years on the Dakota version. One Of
them estimates that he spent on an
average thirty minutes on every verse
he translated. Since Bible societies
were organized $50 versions have been
produced in about 200 languages and
dialects.